Color Names

Charybdis

Sea-swept blue, as deep as the whirlpool that swallowed ships whole.

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Charybdis is a bright blue.

It can be described as bright, vivid, brilliant and glowing.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Charybdis

Charybdis

Charybdis is a sea monster in Greek mythology. Along with the sea monster Scylla, she appears as a challenge to epic characters such as Odysseus, Jason, and Aeneas. The descriptions of Greek mythical chroniclers and Greek historians locate her in the Strait of Messina.

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Charybdis (crab)

Charybdis is a genus of swimming crabs in the family Portunidae. It is named after the monster Charybdis of Greek mythology.

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Charybdis

Proper noun

  1. A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast.
  2. A personification of the above whirlpool as a female monster.
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